inflection vs paradigm

paradigm vs inflection

inflection and paradigm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inflection	Yes	No	No	No
paradigm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paradigm is a hyponym of inflection; that is, paradigm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than inflection:

inflection: a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
paradigm: systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

Other hyponyms of inflection include conjugation, declension, pluralisation, pluralization.

inflection (noun)	paradigm (noun)
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language	a standard or typical example
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified	the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
deviation from a straight or normal course	the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function	systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

Difference between inflection and paradigm

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